Dress-hook.



UNTTEE STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

CORDELIA SMITH FALES, OF FOXBORO, AND EDGAR J. RAUCII, OF BROCKTON,

. MASSACHUSETTS.

DRESS HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,051, dated December31, 1901. Application filed April 13, 1901. Serial No. eaeve. (Nomodel.)

To atZZ whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that we, OoRDELIA SMITH FALES, residing in Foxboro, Norfolkcounty, and EDGAR J. RAUOH, residing in Brockton, Plymouth county,Massachusetts, citizens of the United States, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Dress Hooks or Fastenings for Garments, of whichthe following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in the so-called dress hook andeye, and it consists of a hook proper and three pins.

With our improvement sewing is entirely dispensed with, the hook beingfastened to the garment by means of pins.

The improvement referred to is fully shown in the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a top view showing the hook fastened to thegarment; Fig. 2, a side View showing our improvements, and Fig. 3 thepin used to fasten the hook to the garment.

The figures are necessarily greatly enlarged for the purpose ofperspicuity and precision.

Similar numbers refer to similar parts in the different figures.

The hook is made by using a piece of wire of suitable length bentsharply at 1, forming the free end of the hook, and the two ends, nowparallel wires, again bent at 2, forming the hook proper. At a shortdistance from the bend of the hook 2 small depressions are made in eachwire, as shown at 3, to receive the pin at when fastened to the garment.The

wire ends are then straight to the end, where they are bent so as toform small eyes 5 for the insertion of a second pin, similar to pin 4,,used in fastening the hook to the garment. The pin used has small spursor is otherwise roughened near the point or at 6 to prevent its pullingout of the garment when inserted therein.

It will be seen that We dispense entirely with needle and thread,thereby saving much time and labor in fastening the hook to the garment.At the same time the hook is fas tened much firmer, the shanks of thehook being made fast in two places-at the depres sions near the bend ofthe hook and at the end of the shank at the eyesand at some littledistance apart draws evenly on the garment and prevents pulling ortearing. It will also be seen that the hook andpin used for an eye canbe used invisibly as well as visibly. A third pin is used for the eye toengage with the hook proper.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture a dresshook constructed of a singlepiece of wire bent upon itself to form a hook, and provided withfastening-eyes at the free ends of the wire, occupying parallel planes,and bends in the wire opposite the hook and extending in a directionaway from the book, all arranged for fastening by means of pins, as setforth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CORDELIA SMITH FALES. EDGAR J. RAUOH.

Witnesses:

ZEBALE KEITH, ABBIE F. KEITH.

